The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-05

ton Army the other night made talk. He
| said he used to be a bad, bad boy, but since
! he Joined the Army he got so he hated the
devil and everybody else; that he found it
great deal nicer holding meetings than
| working in the factory as be did of yore.
! No doubt of it.
A f. Murphy, of Marietta, Deputy Grand
! Master of the Ancient Order of United
| Workmen, will institute a new lodge. No
| 40 in Athens on June 49, This is the oldest
of the insurance orders, guaranteeing a
| policy Of $1,000. There are 400 members
IN Georgia. Forty-four members have
signed the list at Athens.
Arthur Bertling will leave Athens Sun
day for Germany, where he will take charge
OF fortune of S21, 900 left him by his uncle
DR.. Robert Bertling. who died in Milledge-
vile about six months ago. Mr.. Bertling
Will probably be absent from the city three
months. On his return he will embark in
the mercantile business at Athens.
The Americus Guano Company is the
name of the company being organized TO
erect guano factory and and oil mill. The
capital stock is $4,000. John NJ. Green,
Of Atlanta, is President; H. c. Bagley. Sec
rotary and Treasurer, and r f. Sans, man
ager.- Buildings will be erected at once, a
site of ten acres having been purchased.
A few days ago a mule belonging to J. B.
Scott, of Americas, stretched himself on
the ground, and, to all appearances, died.
A chain was put around the animals neck
aud he was dragged two miles to the woods
and left to the care of the buzzards. Next
morning Mr.. Scott was astonished TO find
the dead mule alive aud cheerful, standing
at the lot gate waiting to be fed.
The signs of beavers on the Muckalee
creek are everywhere apparent. Thousands
OF sticks, from the size OF a mans wrist to a
small twig, stripped of branches and bark,
cut about three feet long, have collected in
the edaieS and lodged against the timbeys,
In the waters of the Muckalee. An exami-
natfonpgoved them to have been cut and
barksh by beavers that abound in the
stream.
There is now movement on foot to form
company to build a cotton mill in Column
bia to be driven by steam, the motive power,
to be changed when water power can be OBJ
tanned. The capital stock will consist of
5000 shares at $50 each, subject to be in
creased to 10000 shares. Subscriptions viii
be payable in 10 per cent. monthly install
ments 1t is estimated that one-half of the
required amount will be raised in Columbia.
Capt. NJ. H. Bentley, of the Georgia Ca
diets, at Atlanta, was asked the other day
regarding the story telegraphed of a fatal
shooting at the Lincoln Rifles picnic, and
said it was false, There is no such company
as the Lincoln Rifles in Atlanta, and never
has been, and the parties named are entirely
unknown to the colored people there. The
whole thing is a hoax, and intended to cast
reflections upon the colored military of the
State
A negro girl, Maria Sapp, from Burke
| county. has been confined in the Augusta
Jail for some time past. She is charged with
burying the body of her dead child, which
was afterwards resurrected and devoured
by hogs. She lived on the Bowles planta-
ton, near Alexandria, and the neighbor-
hood is thoroughly indignant, many being
of the opinion that she also murdered the in
FAINT, which was but few hours old. The
woman ssconfined there because Waynesboro
Jail was recently burned, and they have no
lookup.
The Gilmer county grand jury, at the re-
cent session of court, recommended that the
present old Jail be sold and new one built
| to cost 5000; also that the old academy
property at Ellijay be sold and proceeds
turned into the Treasury; also that no
| license be granted TO sell spirituous or malt
| liquors IN the town of Ellijay or the county /;
| also that the next Legislature abolish the
County Court without delay; and they also
| appointed a committee TO give the books of
the different county officers thorough in
| vestigation.
cambridge Democrat: A backyard
| could be started for a small amount of
| money. Good brick have been made and
| can still be made right here in cambridge
| We pay about $l2 per thousand for brick,
while there is fine profit in them at SO and
| 81. A small brickyard would give employ
ment to fifteen or twenty men, who would
| all spend their money here. How can we
| expect to prosper when we send away for
| lumber, brick, lime and every other kind of
| building material, the most of which could
be manufactured in our midst!
Capt. Whitsitt, of Ringgold, recently
| penetrated a cave, the existence of which he
| had known of for month, which NAV
| prove a bonanza. After leaving daylight
| behind him for a distance of sixty feet he
came upon the relics of work done when the
| Indians held sway there. There were the
| extinguished torches, the chaITed embers,
and the broken crucible of soapstone, and
| better than all, the richest silver ore sur
rounded him. Tradition has it that there
| was a cave known TO the red men, to which
they resorted for the manufacture Of silver
| The lost key may have at last been found
and the treasury may yet be unlocked.
AS A. J, Sweat was taking his family out
| to visit his wife's father, Mr.. Thigpen, on
Wednesday last, about four miles from
| Waycross, he encountered large alligator
about seven or eight feet long lying stretched
across the road. His gatorship, manifesting
no disposition to yield even portion of the
public highway TO passers, Mr.. Sweat
| alighted from his buggy and having no
weapons at hand with which he could force
his way by his uncomely foe, resorted TO
coaxing, by tapping him few times with
his buggy whip. This only tended to kindle
the reptiles anger and with blowings and
| groanings he commenced swelling until he
reached such large proportions that Mr.
Sweat, his wife and the team all became
| frightened. After some elaboration, how
ever, by all parties in interest, the gator got
out of the road, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sweat
went on their way rejoicing.
| FLORIDA.
A lumber mill is being erected at Arcadia.
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